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Well, it was a razor-thin call on GWB's part, and he made the right decision--partly because he had a lot of G-2--and as we shall see soon, SH had lotsa WMD's that he buried.

Obviously, Hans Blix-Magoo was NEVER going to find them.

However, now we have a bigger mess: how to instill some commonly accepted law and enforcement system in Iraq, which is still quite tribal and NOT founded on the Judeao-Christian tradition. So where we have the advantage of 2000 years of accepted common laws, (plus or minus a few thousand years,) the Iraqis have almost zip, as the Code of Hammurabi has been inoperative since Mohammed was on the scene.

If you think being a cop in Ohio is tough....

I think Saddam probably did have alot of WMD's, and I'm no fan of Saddam. I just think we are kidding ourselves if we have this noble idea that we went into Iraq to liberate the people and rid the world of terrorism.

I don't think terrorism against us is going to stop though.

I think we could have pushed for tougher inspections, and I don't think Saddam was much of a danger to the US while the inspectors were in there, though I'm guessing many don't hold this opinion.

I read a good article by Pat Buchanan, I think the title of it was asking if we had "hit the tar-baby." Getting out of Iraq may be alot tougher than getting in. It is going to be tough to shape the outcome of this mess.

I do think we have a long way to go and who knows how it will all end up.